I found this adorable tutorial on making dolls out of nylons stockings. The lady was quite good, and she made it look so simple!

inspiration dolls – click photo for original project

Check these babies out!

So, after finding some rudimentary nylon colors at the local Walmart, I set out to try it. Now, the master claimed that it takes her about 30-40 minutes to make them (Unless I mis-read – I had to have the original Russian instructions translated online!). After two hours, my first creation emerged.

She is…well..memorable, for the lack of better word. I truly hope that my poor deformed spud-Goblin doesn’t give anyone nightmares.

Feeling ambitious (and having another nylon sock left), I also made a toy (an albino rodent with malformed limbs and disproportionately large butt) for my Gio. He seems to like it :)

This brings a smile to my face. When I was a child I had a book of projects and one was to carve a face into an apple and then you sit out and it shrivels up. It kind of looked like these stocking dolls. Thanks for the memory :)

Thank you so much. I’ve had some dirt stuck in my eye most of the day. I laughed so hard that I cried and I think it washed the dirt outta my eye. I feel so much better now.
Like Angie above I tried to make the shriveled apple doll when I was about 11. It was a major craft fail. It was ugly, smelled funny and attracted ants in our kitchen. My mother was not amused. It also ruined the Barbie dress I tried to put on it.

LOL! This reminds me of the “cabbage patch” dolls my Mom made when I was little. Remember when they were selling for megabucks? Mom decided she would make me & my sister dolls. We thought they were pretty cool at the time; however, my sister found hers recently & it is scary. The head had became mishapen & the painted on eyes had faded off…looks like something on a horror film. My son won’t come near it! Good luck on your next project…love your site!

Thanks for a good laugh! I am not laughing at you, I am laughing to see that I am not the only one who tries new crafts and they just don’t turn out like they should!
(yes, your dolly made me laugh too~ Here’s a thought, make it a garden gnome!

I have laughed to the point of not being able to breathe!! I also had one of these spud head dolls made as an attempted craft project by my mom when I was about 5 years old. She bought a kit at the store at my insistance because it showed a blond haired ballarina doll…well…our finished product was a bald head baby (we couldn’t get the yarn wig on). I, like your son, loved the doll though and played with it. Thanks for bringing back this hilarious (but sweet) memory :)

Can u please send me the pattern? I would love to make these dolls but the tutorial on them just keeps sending me pix & nothing else. I have lost most of my sight so its hard for me to see anything on this! Thank u so much!

My mum used to make doll heads like these when I was a kid! OK, “doll heads” sounds a bit creepy. They were tiny little happy faces which she glued them onto pen caps so when you had a few in a desk organiser it was like having a little collection of friendly people staring out. I’m not doing them justice, they really were cute and I’ve just made them sound terrifying. Anyway, I think this sort of thing works better if you make it tiny, it’s much harder to make them lumpy if they’re really little.

I tried to make it too. I think autor didn’t tel that she had experience for a long time. My doll was not pretty like her.
I have seen the original project in the Internet from China.It was amazing!
I’d like to show my doll, but I coudnt attach it here.
But the first step is always not good. So try to do it again, but look at another lessons.